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Half Yearly Report

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Title : Progress Report (April to September 2011)

Compiled by : P. Buruslin Mento and Nawraj Gurung

Photography : BBF Team

Design and layout : P. Buruslin Mento

Published by : Bhavishya Bharat Foundation

Supported by : Teesta Urja Ltd.

Date : January 2012

Contact : Bhavishya Bharat Foundation

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Begumpet, Hyderabad – 500 016, A.P., India

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© 2011 Bhavishya Bharat Foundation

About Bhavishya Bharat Foundation

Bhavishya Bharat Foundation is a public charitable trust registered in 2008. BBFaims to integrate and implement health, educational, livelihood and other socialdevelopment programmes for the underprivileged and marginalized people livingin high infrastructure expansion areas. It has initiated works in the State of Sikkimand is shortly commencing works in Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and AndhraPradesh. It hopes to expand to other parts of the country in future.

00Bhavishya Bharat Foundation

April to September 2011

TEESTA HEP-III, 1200MW, Sikkim Project

Progress Report

BBF has been working for the integrated and holistic development of people in nine Gram Panchayats of North Sikkim since 2008 as

part of the Teesta Stage III (1200 MW) HEP project. This report is presented with the progress of works of the project for the period from

April to September 2011. The reporting period is marked by launch of couple of key initiatives in education and livelihood programmes.

These involve the introduction of e-learning for kids and commencement of Amosa Atil (mother’s enterprise) programme.

Works progressed in the on-going activities of all programmes involving healthcare, education, livelihoods and social/infrastructure de-

velopments. In healthcare programme, over 10000 patients benefited from mobile OPD (497), clinic OPD (8752) and medical camps

(927). As part of the education programme, the Lhoric (knowledge) centres that are established in all project villages continued to offer

tuition and games and sports facilities. All the sponsored students who appeared for exams in the second term got through the exami-

nations. In livelihoods front, facilitation and guidance was provided towards enhanced production of large cardamom, tomato, ginger,

chilli and mushroom among others. Facilitation was also given to promote savings and income generation activities among Self Help

Groups and farmers clubs. In the social/infrastructure development programme, construction of retaining wall around the school

ground at Safoo/Salim Pakyel got completed in the reporting period, and the constructions of monastic school hostel at Shipgyer and

Gumpa kitchen at Singhik are nearing completion.

The on-going works came to a halt towards the end of the reporting period due to the earthquake of September 18 that devastated the

project villages. The BBF team rushed to the affected villages and offered rescue and relief operations. The medical team nursed the in-

jured and provided medicines in both the project villages and other locations. The relief team distributed rice, pulses, oil and other

household items to the people of the project villages. A relief camp was set up by BBF at Naga. It provided effective services to the

tired, hungry, shocked and injured people coming from project sites from 19th September to 1st October. BBF plans to undertake disas-

ter adaptation measures in the project villages by introducing long term projects through sustainable and participatory approaches.

Executive Summary

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Acronyms

AIPL Abir Infrastructure Private Limited

BBF Bhavishya Bharat Foundation

BP Blood Pressure

C-in-C Commander-in-Chief

CSR Corporate Social Responsibility

DC District Collector

ENT Ear, Nose and Throat

ESR Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

HEP Hydro Electric Power

HM Head Master

ICAR Indian Council of Agricultural Research

IT Information Technology

LADP Local Area Development Programme

Lt Gen Lieutenant General

MDGs Millennium Development Goals

MGNREGS Mahatma Gandhi National Rural

Employment Guarantee Scheme

MLA Member of Legislative Assembly

MoU Memorandum of Understanding

MW Mega Watt

NABARD National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development

NGO Non-Governmental Organisation

NRHM National Rural Health Mission

NSA North Sikkim Academy

OPD Out Patient Department

PHC Primary Health Center

PHSC Primary Health Sub Centre

R&R Rehabilitation and Resettlement

RBS Random Blood Sugar

RNTCP Revised National Tuberculosis Control

Programme

SHG Self Help Group

SRDA Sikkim Rural Development Agency

SSS Sikkim Secondary School

TB Tuberculosis

TUL Teesta Urja Limited

USA United States of America

UTI Urinary Tract Infection

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Contents

Executive Summary ivAcronyms vi

Organisational Overview 01

Progress of Activities Healthcare 05Education 09Livelihoods 14Social/infrastructure Development 19

Sikkim Earthquake: Status of Rescue, Relief and Rehabilitation works 21

Annexure Annexure – 1: Details of Mobile OPD 26Annexure – 2: Details of Clinic OPD 28Annexure – 3: Details of Medical Camps 30Annexure 4: Savings by SHGs 31Annexure 5: Details of Social/infrastructure Development 32

Organisational Overview

Bhavishya Bharat Foundation envisages integrated and

holistic development of communities it works with, es-

pecially the underprivileged and marginalized people

living in high infrastructure expansion areas. Sustainable devel-

opment of communities is the central focus of all its activities.

Objectives1. To carry out, run, establish, sponsor and maintain all kinds of

charitable work and activities, livelihoods and educational work

and activities social work and activities, thrift programs, saving

programs and credit activities.

2. To establish, maintain, assist, improve and otherwise support

both directly and indirectly educational institutions and pro-

grammes to provide academic and technical and vocational ed-

ucation and trainings at all levels and to provide assistance to

needy students.

3. To run, sponsor or assist in literacy numeracy and other edu-

cational and training programmes for people of all ages, includ-

ing setting up of libraries and computer centers and other

facilities for education, training and development of knowledge

and capabilities.

4. To undertake all kinds of rescue, relief, resettlement and reha-

bilitation programmes at the time of natural and other calami-

ties as well as to attend to the needs of those affected by

industrialization and infrastructure development activities un-

dertaken by both Governments and Private parties.

5. To establish and maintain all kinds of homes and Institutions

for the benefit of disadvantaged children, old people, students,

homeless persons and trainees and students undergoing.

Organisational Overview

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Vision Improve the quality of life of communities in

the areas where the infrastructure developmentis in progress, thereby enabling communities to

become self-reliant and more developed.

MissionProvide sustainable opportunities aligned with Mil-

lennium Development Goals (MDGs) to improvelivelihoods, health, education and gender equity

from the human development perspective.

6. To plan and implement all kinds of development programs for

welfare and development of rural and urban areas like drinking

water, sanitation, infrastructure development, etc.

7. To collaborate and cooperate with Government and Non-

Governmental Organizations to undertake program on common

problem relating to any socio economic development, particu-

larly in rural areas.

8. To undertake program aiming at raising peoples critical

awareness on environment issues which primarily refer to the

life sustaining resources and channelize their awareness into ac-

tion program that help in protecting the environment/ecology.

9. To establish, maintain, assist, improve and otherwise support

both directly and indirectly medical institutions and pro-

grammes including but not restricted to Hospitals, Diagnostic

Centre, Dispensaries and other health Institutions, both mobile

and fixed in urban/ rural areas.

10. To carry on, run, start, establish, maintain all kinds of Schools,

Technical Centers, Research and Development Centers and Insti-

tutions in urban/ rural areas.

11. To take up such activities

of general public utility not

involving the carrying on

any activity for profit.

12. To set up blood banks

and eye banks on the basis

of Voluntary donations.

13. To do all necessary things

for and incidental or conduc-

tive for the attainment of

above objectives of the Trust including but not restricted to hir-

ing personnel and consultants, entering into alliances and

agreements of cooperation, soliciting and bidding for Funds

from Government and companies.

The objects of the Trust shall be enjoyed by all irrespective of

caste, creed or religion.

Geographical FocusBBF works for the integrated development of nine project-af-

fected villages1 around Mangan and Chungthang sub divisions

of North Sikkim district. Besides, it has initiated works in the

State of Sikkim and is shortly commencing works in Arunachal

Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. It hopes to expand

to other parts of the country in future.

Structure and GovernanceBBF is chaired by Dr. Abid Hussian, former Commerce Secretary

and Ambassador to USA and is governed by an eminent Board

of Trustees. The day-to-day activities of the trust are adminis-

tered by the Managing Trustee, Lt Gen (Retd) Hari Prasad, for-

mer C-in-C of India’s Northern army. A group of experienced

professionals assist the Managing Trustee in operationalizing

the planned activities.

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1. The nine project villages are Kazor, Singhik, Theng, Pegong, Chungthang, Shipgyer, Safoo/Salem Pakyel and Ramam.

Organisational Overview

Organisational Structure of BBF

Board ofTrustees

ManagingTrusteeHead Office Project Office

Sr. Manager(Operations)

Manager (MIS &Documentation)

State Coordinator

Officer - Finance &

Admin

Admin Assistant

Project Coordinator

Officer - Livelihoods

Executive(Admin & Accounts)

Medical Officer

Sr. Engineer(Infra)

EducationSupport Team

CommunityOrganizers

Medical Support Team

Progress of Activities

BBF is entrusted with responsibilities of un-dertaking CSR activities outlined in LocalArea Development Programme under the

Environment Management Plan of Teesta Stage III(1200 MW) Hydro Electric Power. An agreement tothis effect was signed between BBF and Teesta UrjaLimited in 2008. Subsequently, BBF undertook vari-ous detailed activity plans which included exten-sive field visits to all nine Project Villages,consultation with village representatives, meetingswith members of Panchayat Raj Institutions anddiscussion with various government officials at thedistrict level. Based on the extensive field work, adetailed action plan was drawn and presented dur-ing the second meeting of Rehabilitation and Re-settlement (R&R) committee held on 15thDecember 2008. Following approval of the plan bythe R & R committee, BBF has been working on theapproved plan through the current project.

The project operates around four core programmes: 1. Healthcare2. Education3. Livelihood, and 4. Social Development.

These programmes are intended to achieve inte-grated development that leads to the empower-ment of communities in the nine project villages.The ensuing section of this report is presented withthe progress of activities and major accomplish-ments of the four programme areas for the report-ing period from April to September 2011.

Title of ProjectImprove quality of life of communities impacted by infrastructure development in Nine Gram Panchayats ofNorth Sikkim that are affected by Teesta Stage III (1200 MW) HEP by providing sustainable opportunities toimprove livelihoods, health, education and thereby promoting wellbeing of communities.DurationJuly 2008 – March 2012Supported byTeesta Urja Limited

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Healthcare

RationaleBased on the primary assessment of the project villages by ex-

ternal consultant and extensive field visits by the staff, BBF drew

the overall implementation plan for the afore-mentioned four

programme areas. As regards healthcare, the assessment came

out with the following key analyses: some of the common dis-

eases found in the project villages include hypertension, alco-

holic lever diseases, cardi-myopathic, TB, acute respiratory

infection and anemia among women and children. The assess-

ment also identified gaps in service delivery systems (like the

Primary Health Sub Centres) and in administration and monitor-

ing of national health care programmes (NRHM, RNTCP, etc.).

Hence, the implementation plan came up with the strategy of,

among others, formalizing collaboration with district govern-

ment in which BBF would play the role of enabler of health serv-

ices rather than undertaker, working out an MoU to involve the

existing PHSCs and their staff to provide quality medical services

to the project villages, supplementing necessary infrastructure

and human resources support to fill gaps in service delivery sys-

tems and functions, and formulating a health advisory commit-

tee to ensure transparency and accountability.

Objective of Healthcare programmeThe key objective of BBF’s healthcare programme is to provide

comprehensive quality primary medical care for people in the

Project Villages.

Major accomplishments in the past The major accomplishments until the last reporting (upto March

2011) in healthcare programme involve:

• Inauguration of community health scheme of BBF by Honor-

able Chief Minister of Sikkim, Dr Pawan Chamling

• Provision of free Super Speciality Medical Camp for project

villages

• Organizing specialized medical camps in project and non-pro-

ject areas and schools

• Carrying out regular specialized health camps, including im-

munization programmes, in collaboration with State and Central

Government and other institutions providing healthcare

• Organizing awareness camps on contagious diseases, mater-

nal and child health as well as HIV&AIDS

• Provision of State-of-the-art mobile hospitals and doorstep

mobile OPD facilities in remote villages

• Training of doctors, adaption of standard treatment guide-

lines, and medical profiling

• Development of information system for healthcare

management

• Integration of clinics covering all project villages

• Construction and up-gradation of hospitals and diagnostic

centres

• Provision of medical and diagnostic services

• Provision of emergency kits at select project villages

• Referral of secondary/tertiary care patients to specialty

hospitals

Healthcare

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Progress in the reporting periodThe progress of healthcare programme for the period from April

to September 2011 is as presented below.

Mobile OPDTwenty six scheduled mobile OPD visits were conducted in the

project villages of Safoo, Salem Pakyel, Kazor, Pegong, Ramom,

and Shipgyer in the reporting period2. These visits benefited 497

villagers (245 men & 252 women) to consult and avail medical

services. The type of ailments faced by the villagers in the re-

porting period is topped by common cough and cold (35%),

which is followed by Gastritis (18%), and Hypertension (11 %).

Eleven per cent villagers also reported having ‘other’ complaints

involving injuries, wound, allergy, fits, BP, insect bites, immu-

nization, joint pains, UTI, vomiting and headache. Extensive de-

tails are presented in annexure 1. The table and chart below

present the village wise list of recipients of mobile OPD services

and percentage of uses by villages, respectively, from April to

September 2011.

Clinic OPDA total of 8752 people (6211 men & 2541 women) availed pri-

mary health care services from the five clinics based at Singhik,

Theng (Adit 2), Shipgyer (Adit 3), Ramom (Adit 4), and Saffo

(Adit 5) for the period from April to September 2011. This in-

volves 4639 company patients as well as 4113 local patients. De-

tails are given in Annexure 2. About 63% villagers who availed

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Healthcare

Recipients of Mobile OPD services - Month wise (April to Sep-tember 2011)

Month Location Male Female Total

AprilSafoo/Salem Pakyel 7 8 15Kazor 69 62 131

May

Pegong 17 23 40Ramom 6 9 15Kazor 24 21 45Safoo/Salem Pakyel 9 11 20Shipgyer 7 8 15

June

Kazor 9 9 18Pegong 15 20 35Saffo 15 17 32Shipgyer 7 15 22

July

Saffo/Salem Pakyel 3 12 15Shipgyer 1 0 1Ramom 3 8 11Kazor 7 7 14

Aug.Pegong 25 12 37Saffo/Salem Pakyel 12 4 16

Sep. Ramom 9 6 15Total 245 252 497

2. Mobile OPD visits are usually not conducted in the remaining three project villages as they have got PHCs there.

A mobile OPD camp at Pegong in August

A villager is attended by doctor at the OPD at Ramom in September

the services were above 18 years of age, whereas 23% were be-

tween 6 – 18 years and the remaining 14% were in the age

group of 0 – 5. As seen in the chart below, the common ailments

attended to in the clinics include Respiratory infections (17%),

Common cough & cold (15%), Gastritis (14%), Skin infections

(9%), Ear, Nose, Throat infections (7%), Viral infections (3%), Hy-

pertension (1.40%), and Diabetes (0.10%). The remaining 33%

were affected by ‘other’ ailments like injuries, wound, allergy,

fits, BP, insect bites, immunization, joint pains, UTI, vomiting and

headache.

Medical CampsFour one-day medical camps were organized in Naga, Chungh-

tang, Shipgyer, and Kazor in the reporting period benefiting a

total of 927 people. As presented in the chart below, the partici-

pants above 15 years of age were to the tune of 56%; the rest of

the patients were 6 – 15 years (30%) and 0 – 5 years (14%) of

age. The participants availed various physical tests such as cell

counts, RBS, respiratory infections, XRAY, and ESR among others.

Treatments were given for gastroenterological and respiratory

infections, and ENT related ailments. Details are given in annex-

ure 3.

Healthcare

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A medical camp at Shipgyer in August

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Education

RationaleThe average literacy rate of North Sikkim as per the Census 2011

is 77.39 per cent, whereas the average literacy rate of the project

villages in 2010 was 79.67 per cent3 (it was 35.69 per cent when

the project was started in 2008). Despite Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

(free and compulsory elementary education for children aged

between 6 and 14) being implemented by the State govern-

ment since 2001, there is lack of facilities in the project villages

owing to extent of remoteness, lower population density, lack of

awareness among parents, insufficient infrastructural facilities

and shortage of trained teachers. To address the situation, BBF

planned to create infrastructure and institutional mechanisms

to ensure 100 per cent enrolment of children aged between 6

and 14, retention of the enrolled children, provide residential

scholarship for needy children, strengthen capacities of school

management committees, and arrange trainings for teachers,

among others. BBF also intends to seek partnership with other

organizations (like IBM, Pratham etc.) that have track record of

working with children.

Objective of Education programmeTo enhance the standard of education in the project villages by

improving school infrastructure facilities and reducing drop

outs, arranging for skill up-gradation of teachers and strength-

ening school management committees and village education

committees in the project villages.

Major Accomplishments in the PastThe major accomplishments until the last reporting (upto March

2011) in education programme involve:

• Sponsorship programmes for needy children

• Support for improving school infrastructure

• Provision of hostel facilities for students - it enabled to achieve

drastic improvement in curriculum performance, communica-

tion skills and extra-curricular activities of students staying at

the hostels

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Education

3. Source: primary data collected by BBF

Selection Criteria for Student Scholarship by BBF

BBF has been providing scholarship to 45 students – 5 each

in the nine PVs – as part of achieving its objectives in the

education front. The students studying outside their village

due to dearth of facilities within and those studying locally,

yet unable to afford the cost are given priority by BBF. The

children who come under the priority category are further

processed based on the following criteria:

- The student passes the year ending examination with

minimum of 35% of marks

- Is from poor family

- Is a dropout

- Number of dependents in the family

- Child of single parents or chronically ill parents and

Orphan

After provisional selection of candidates using the criteria,

BBF presents the same to the village education committee

by holding a meeting involving members of Gram Pan-

chayat, Anganwadi workers, respected citizens, SHG leaders

and school HM or teacher. The participants of the meeting,

in a consultative process, finalize the list of five students

from the village to avail scholarship from BBF.

• Establishing and facilitating knowledge centres in project

villages

• Launch of e-learning centres that provide computer literacy,

access to IT-based communication and platform for children to

develop analytical skill, aptitude and personality

• Organizing skill enhancement programmes for teachers and

strengthening school management committees

• Organizing events of national and global importance (Inde-

pendence Day, Environment Day, Ozone Layer Day, Teachers

Day, Children’s Day, Hand Washing Day)

• Conducting vocational training programmes

Progress in the reporting period

Knowledge CentresLocally known as ‘Lhoric Centre’, the knowledge centres offer

platforms for the young and adults alike to stimu-

late, develop and enrich their mental, physical and

social abilities. There is one Lhoric Centre each in

the project villages that are established and man-

aged by BBF. The Centre provides tuition on all

days except Sundays in all subjects to students at-

tending class 1 to 5. The tuition class is handled by

a BBF staff in charge of the Centre or a qualified

teacher. The Centre is also equipped with indoor

and outdoor games facilities, newspapers and

magazines, drawing and colouring materials, and dictionary for

reference. The Lhoric Centres aim to reduce the knowledge gap

and improve awareness levels among rural communities. The

Centre in-charge engages in guiding and facilitating the activi-

ties of the Centre.

In the reporting period, tuitions classes were conducted in all

the project villages on all working days. The villagers used the

carom board, ludo and chess facilities regularly, whereas foot-

ball and volleyball were played occasionally. The visitors usually

read the Sikkim Talk and Wisdom. It is also observed that the

number of visitors to the Centre and their habit of referring to

the dictionaries has been increasing gradually. The table and

chart below indicate the number of visitors at each Lhoric centre

and a comparative analysis of percentage of attendance in the

Lhoric centres across project villages for the period from April to

September 2011.

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Cumulative data of attendance at the Lhoric centres fromApril to September 2011

MonthRamom Theng* Singhik Saffo Shipgyer Chungthang Kazor PegongApril 366 0 0 565 79 174 205 623May 406 0 0 568 95 202 222 552June 403 0 59 188 96 239 208 649July 379 0 167 153 117 209 227 556Aug. 367 0 170 208 246 203 199 524Sep. 178 0 104 69 88 145 146 289Total 2099 0 500 1751 721 1172 1207 3193

* Theng: the students did not use the Centre here due to dispute between thevillagers and the Head Master of the school where the Centre is hosted.

Efforts are on to resolve the issue and resume operation.

Children at the Shipgyer Lhoric Centre in September

Sponsorship programmeA total of 72 children from the project areas have been sup-

ported as part of the sponsorship programme. This includes the

38 students studying at Singhik Secondary School and 34 stu-

dents at the North Sikkim Academy. Sponsorship programme is

given to students studying from class 1 to 10. The chart below

presents the percentage of students pertaining to their class of

study:

In the second term ending in December 2011, the entire 71 stu-

dents who appeared for the year-end examinations got through

the exams (One parson did not appear for the second term ex-

aminations). The highest mark obtained by the students is 82.01

whereas the lowest is 34.5.

The chart below presents the category of performance of stu-

dents in terms of the marks secured for the second term:

E-learning

The e-learning portal developed by BBF was installed at Singhik

project office premises and Chungthang Lhoric center in the

month of August 2011. However, the e-learning for the students

of Singhik village got officially inaugurated by Mr T.W.Lepcha,

area MLA in the presence of Mr SK Pradhan, District Collector (N)

on September 2. At the inaugural function, the Head Master of

Singhik Government Secondary School was all praise for the ini-

tiative and stated that the e-learning facility was first of its kind

in the district and would be a distinct tool for the students of

Singhik on the way to making their future brighter. It is ob-

served that about 20 to 25 students are using the e-Learning

portal in Singhik every day by making visit to the centre either

before going to school or after. However, the e-learning facility

that was hosted at the Chungthang Lhoric center was com-

pletely damaged due to the earthquake that devastated the

project areas on September 18.

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Students outside the Singhik hostel

Children use the e-learning centre at Singhik in August

Other Events and ActivitiesIn addition to the above mentioned activities, regular check-up

for student’s health and hygiene and cleanliness of hostel, regu-

lar visits to check study and food quality were undertaken by

the field staff of BBF. Facilitation for parents meetings at the

schools was also given every month. Science laboratory equip-

ments were also handed over to the NSA and SSS in the pres-

ence of Zilla Adhyakshya North.

A career counseling ses-

sion for students of IX and

X classes was organized at

Tasha Tangay Secondary

School at Chungthang in

the reporting period. Ex-

perts from TUL and AIPL

and staff of BBF attended

the sessions as resource

persons.

The sponsored students participated in games and sports

events organized by MGNREGS in the months of July and Au-

gust. They also

participated in

the World En-

vironment Day

programmes in

June and a

study tour in

September. A

meeting for

the parents of

sponsored children was organized in September. The regular ac-

tivities were disturbed towards the end of the reporting period

owing to the earthquake.

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Children take out a rally on the World Environment Day 2011

Parents of students at parents-teachers meeting

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Livelihoods

RationaleNorth Sikkim is a hilly terrain that limits scope for agriculture

production. However, the terrain best suits cultivation of vari-

eties of cardamom and fruits. Significantly, Mangan is known as

the cardamom capital of the world. There are increased markets

for vegetables, fruits, milk, meat and meat products. About 57

per cent of rural and 25 per cent of the urban families live Below

Poverty Line in Sikkim4.

Following an assessment, BBF planed economic development of

poor families in the project villages through income generation

activities combined with systematic planning and series of activ-

ities. The assessment suggested the following activities: veg-

etable cultivation, promotion of horticulture (cardamom) and

livestock (poultry, ducks, turkey and goats), promotion of dairy

and milk cooperatives, promotion of petty trades (vending, sale

of vegetables and other goods), facilitation for vocational train-

ing services (driving, electrical and electronics rent and repairs),

processing of pickles and badi, and promotion of bamboo craft-

works and eco-tourism. BBF envisages providing both technical

and financial supports for these livelihood activities.

Objective of Livelihood programmeThe key objective of the programme is to revive agriculture and

sustainable livelihood approaches and improve economic con-

ditions of the under privileged farmers.

Major accomplishments in the past• Strengthening livelihood opportunities and promotion of

agricultural enterprises

• Promotion of local livelihoods through formation and

strengthening of SHGs and Farmers Clubs

• Promotion of organic farming in cash crops like cardamom

and ginger

• Supporting agriculture and horticulture production with par-

ticipatory research and development planning

• Mobilizing multi stakeholders (NABARD, ICAR, Spices Board,

SRDA, Horticulture and agriculture, Animal Husbandry and co-

operative societies) for income generation activities.

Progress in the Reporting Period

Cardamom ProductionRange of activities were undertaken in the reporting period to-

wards production of large cardamom in the project villages.

These include:

• Demonstration of method of plantation at few villages and

checking plantation for weeding, watering and maintenance

• Requesting farmers to uproot disease-affected plants to save

other healthy plants. It was also suggested to remove Furkee

and Chirkee plants from Cardamom

• Uprooting and transplanting cardamom plants from Old Nursery

to ‘0’ point nursery and supervising ‘0’ point nursery work for

weeding cardamom plants

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Livelihoods

4. Estimate of the Ninth Five Year Plan quoted in the Sikkim Human Development Report 2001

A cardamom nursery bed at the zero point

• Negotiating with Spice Board for accessing technical and sub-

sidy support schemes for cardamom replantation and sucker

nursery development

• Submission of a project proposal to ICAR on “Biotechnology

for rural development”

HorticultureBBF has been monitoring and guiding performance of green-

house tomato plants at Singhik, Chungthang and Kazor.

Through regular field visits, the field staff of BBF have been giv-

ing valuable advises to guard the plants from blight and pow-

dery mildew diseases. Likewise, the ginger plantation was

monitored in Project Villages and the farmers were advised to

weed and uproot disease-affected plants along with rhizome

and destroy them completely.

Facilitation for SHGs and Farmers ClubBBF facilitated regular meetings, accounts and record keeping

among SHGs in the project villages. It also facilitated prepara-

tion of a five year plan document for the SGHs of Ramom,

Chungthang, Pegong and Theng. The staff of BBF visited the

chilli fields of Saffo and Shipgyer SHGs and advised the mem-

bers to make water channel to save the plants from rooting dis-

eases. The SHGs also have been helped with income generation

activities. The members of Konglu SHG at Theng informed that

they had sold out 5 kg cabbage and 1 kg cauliflower as part of

the SHG programme. The SHG at Theng received paddy straws

and grass cap fingerling (the latter from fishery department) and

were given technical guidance to manage them. Three SHGs

also availed support from fisheries department towards con-

struction of pond and BBF provided support for fencing around

the pond, for safety measures.

Savings in the reporting periodA total of Rs.31,760 was saved by the nine SHGs in the reporting

period. The Kursong Rip SHG at Chungthang had the top saving

figures of Rs.6,000, whereas, the Kongchenchu belonging to

Shipgyer had the least with a saving of Rs.1,200 in the reporting

period. The total savings of all SHGs for all months up to Sep-

tember 2011 stands at Rs.1, 69,739. Details are given in annex-

ure 4. The chart below presents the comparative scores of

savings made by the SHGs until September 2011 against the

savings made by them up to March 2011.

Facilitation for meetings of farmer clubs was also given in the re-

porting period. The staff of BBF obtained the consent of farmers

to implement the NABARD-supported Spices Board subsidiary

scheme for ginger cultivation in the project villages. Nine farm-

ers clubs were formed in June in collaboration with NABARD

and subsequently, the farmer clubs have opened common sav-

ings accounts.

Amosa AtilAmosa Atil is the local name for ‘Mothers Enterprise’. The initia-

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Staff of BBF explaining a point to Shipgyer SHG women overcultivation of ginger

tive is intended to revive the local economy and make liveli-

hoods more sustainable by engaging women of the project vil-

lages in livelihoods-related activities. The reporting period

witnessed works on institution building to initiate the Amosa

Atil programme in all the project villages. Subsequently, mem-

bers list and action plan of the enterprises were finalized. The

following activities were carried out by BBF towards strengthen-

ing Amosa Atil in the reporting period:

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“Now I can earn money by growing mushroom while sitting at home”

Case Study of mushroom cultivators in project villages under Amosa Atil programme

The nine SHGs supported by BBF in the project villages had been

involved in savings, inter-loaning and cultivation of vegetables as

part of the project. In the process, BBF came up with an idea of

Mother’s Enterprise (locally known as Amosa Atil) that involves a

limited group of five interested members from each SHG. Amosa

Atil promotes economic development through livelihood activi-

ties such as mushroom cultivation, piggery, poultry, farming, fish-

ery, etc. BBF began demonstration of each of these activities and

provided technical support for the same. To the surprise of the

members of Amosa Atil, the mushrooms have shown great results and have won much popularity among women.

Following extensive trainings in June 2011, BBF distributed five kilos of mushroom seeds to each group (Kongchenchu group got 10

kg), along with paddy straw and poly bags. The cost of five kilos of seeds along with straw and bag for one group is approximately

Rs.630/-. Besides, Rs.1950/- could be incurred towards labour charges

for one cycle of cultivation. The packing charges could be about

Rs.50/-. Hence, the total expenditure for a group is about Rs.2630/-.

The market rate for one kilo of mushroom is Rs.150/- and one kilo

seed of mushroom can make a production of at least 10 kg of mush-

rooms. Hence, this activity had the potential of giving a return that is

two times more than the investments just in a month’s time.

The result was very much on the predicted lines: each of the nine

Amosa Atil group harvested an average of 31.2 kg of mushrooms; the

Runnit group topped the production with 38 kg while Hill and Mayal Kyoung groups had the lowest of 31 kg each. Portion of the har-

vested mushrooms were consumed by the households and the remaining were sold out at Rs.150/-. The members of Amosa Atil are

happy as they can make a handsome additional income while being at home and doing other household chores.

Training on mushroom cultivation at Theng

I am very happy to cultivate mushroom because this isvery easy method for us. This is a quick money andeasy to sell. Earlier, I used to cultivate cabbage and

cauliflower. But most of the days I had to engage my-self in the field and wait for 90 to 120 days for theproduce. Compared to that, I find mushroom to be

the best as I can do other domestic works side by side.

- Mrs. Songkit Lepcha, Member, Kongchenchu SHG

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• Imparted technical guidance on poultry farming and distrib-

uted chicks in Theng, Kazor, and Singhik

• Distributed piglets for select participants in Chungthang,

Ramom and Singhik.

Follow-up visits were

carried out by the

field staff and the

participants were ad-

vised to make shades

around the pig shed

and to avail benefit

card from Animal

veterinary depart-

ment to get free treatment for piglets.

• Following supply of pig worm, the piglets have seemed

healthier; it has been also observed that the fingerling and

chicken grown as part of Amosa Atil programme in Theng were

also found growing healthy.

Mushroom CultivationDemonstrations for mushroom cultivation were done in the

project villages beside a residential training program for two

community organizers and a community member. The training

was organized at ICAR Tadong, Gangtok from 13th June to 23rd

June. Training was given on mushroom spawn production and

cultivation. As follow-up programme, the trained persons

played the role of resource persons and imparted training to all

community organizers and SHG members of Kazor and Singhik

under the supervision of scientists from ICAR. The community

organizers, in turn, would give training to SHG

members of their respective villages under

Amosa Atil livelihood program.

Following the trainings, mushroom seedlings

along with other items were distributed to the

SHGs in the project villages (Saffo, Kazor and

Singhik). It is observed that the mushroom culti-

vation has become a big success in all the proj-

ect villages with high market demand. To take

the initiative to the next logical step, BBF is pondering over es-

tablishing a mushroom laboratory with the cooperation of

NABARD.

Facilitation for Capacity Building The following trainings and capacity building measures were

undertaken for the project villages in the reporting period:

• Mushroom and poultry farming trainings at Singhik Panchayat

Bhawan facilitated by ICAR Scientist, Gangtok

• Introduced Spices Board Subsidies Scheme in all the project

villages and requested them to implement the same

• Briefed villagers about farmers’ training programme by

NABAD and requested them to participate in the same

• Formed new Water Management Committee at Kozor as the

previous committee did not perform well

• Submitted the filled up applications to Spices Board for further

action

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Poultry supplied to Hill Queen SHG at Kazor

Training session on piggery, poultry and mushroom cultivationin collaboration with ICAR

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Social/Infrastructure Development

RationaleThe comprehensive socio-economic profiling of the project vil-

lages identified the macro and micro level developmental issues

of people in the project area. Accordingly, plans were drawn up

to develop community infrastructures (like renovation of Gom-

pas, kitchen at Gompas, hostel or transit accommodation), and

to promote local arts, crafts and cultural activities.

Objective of Social/InfrastructureDevelopment programmeTo promote traditional culture, structures, handicrafts and

craftsmanship by supporting civil societies like the SHGs, youth

clubs and Panchayats.

Major accomplishments in the past• Developing infrastructure facilities such as community centres

and monastery

• Facilitation for promotion of indigenous arts and crafts

• Organizing events on important international days to uphold

human development and promote awareness

• Provision of safe drinking water in remote households

• Provision of gym for local youth

• Sponsorship for cultural and environmental heritages

• Promotion of social and cultural harmony in project areas

• Ensuring gender equity.

Progress in the Reporting PeriodConstruction of Retaining Wall around the School Ground at

Safoo/Salim Pakyel got completed in the reporting period. Both

the constructions of Monastic School Hostel at Shipgyer and

Gumpa Kitchen at Singhik reached 90 per cent completion in

September 2011 from the previous reported progress of 60 per

cent and 56 per cent respectively in March 2011. The progress of

other infrastructure works stood as presented below up to Sep-

tember 2011:

• Community Centre at Peygong – 50%

• Singhik Secondary School Hostel – 20%

• Water Supply scheme at Safoo/Salim Pakyel – 20%

• PHSC at Singhik – 10%

Preliminary works for the renovation of LP School Building and

Construction of Mani Lakhang both at Theng are in progress.

Works towards renovation of Community Centre (Gumpa) at

Shipgyer got affected by the earthquake and the Gumpa com-

mittee and Panchayats have decided to construct the retaining

wall around the premises of Gumpa with the actual allotted

amount. Details have been given in Annexure 5. The chart

below presents the progress of works in the reporting period

against that of March 2011.

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Social/Infrastructure Development

The monastic school at Shipgyer that is nearing completion

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Response to

Sikkim Earthquake 9/18

An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale hit the

state of Sikkim and surrounding areas at 18.10 hours

on September 18, 2011. The quake rattled the entire

Eastern region of India. With electricity and communication fa-

cilities were disconnected in Sikkim, situation was still sketchy

for many hours after the quake. Tremors were felt between 30

seconds to one minute in some parts of Sikkim and other parts

of eastern India. Three aftershocks of 5.7, 5.3 and 4.6 magnitude

were felt in the region within 30 minutes. Several houses col-

lapsed and scores of people in panic began their prayer on the

streets and play grounds. Several people were reported to be

dead and the injured list was enormous. Large number of fami-

lies were scattered and were looking to find their kith and kin.

Life almost came to a standstill. The major affected places are

Chungthang, Saffo, Pegong, Shipgyer, Ramom and Theng which

are our project villages. Lachen, Lachung, Saffo and Chungthang

remained completely cut off from the rest of the world after the

quake. The rescue operations were frequently interrupted by

landslides and heavy down pour of rains. Primary Health Cen-

ters, government buildings, telecommunication stations and

mobile towers were destroyed by the monster earthquake.

Many houses developed cracks and damaged concretes ap-

peared on almost all houses in the affected areas. As most of the

houses were temporarily unsafe and due to fear, many families

opted to stay in relief camps. The medical support team at the

camps helped them with first aid and other medical necessities.

Assessment by BBF TeamImmediately after the catastrophic event, the Managing Trustee,

Lt Gen (Retd) Hari Prasad, rushed to the region to gather vital

firsthand information on critical needs, rescue and relief opera-

tions. The BBF Sikkim team and volunteers were pressed into re-

lief activities. There was a huge need for food and medication

for the devastated families.

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Response to Sikkim Earthquake 9/18

(Clock wise from left, top) A damaged house at Naga. A massivestone slide over a house near Toong check post. The Theng roadis cut off completely.

Bhavishya Bharat team was the first NGO to go to the major af-

fected areas of Shipgyer, Naga, Ramom and Toong. The BBF’s re-

lief team trekked down to reach the affected project villages as

the roads were not open and the earthquake-affected people

needed help from outside. The following project villages were

badly affected:

• Singhik

• Theng

• Pegong

• Chungthang

• Ship-gyer

• Saffo, Salim/ Pakyel

• Ramom

Post relief operations, it is observed that there are number of

houses with cracks that are vulnerable to even rain and land-

slides. Further tremors could compound the problem. Hence,

there is an immediate need to attend to the requirements of

fabricating the earthquake-prone houses.

BBF’s Response to the Earthquake Immediately after the tragedy, BBF team inspected some of the

project villages and began relief operations at once. The team

supplied cooked food to the devastated victims. BBF medical

team nursed the injured and gave them medicines to get re-

lieved from pain. Our relief team distributed rice, pulses, oil and

other household items to the people of project villages.

The table below presents the extent of damage in the nine proj-

ect villages where Relief and Rehabilitation (R&R) activities are

underway:

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Nameof the village

TotalHouse-holds*

Extent of damage dueto the earthquake

Resumption in roadcommunication

Kazor 27Minor cracks in housesand community infra-structures.

Road leading to Man-gan was openedfrom 19th September

Singhik 149

Few houses were se-verely damaged andothers suffered withminor cracks in housesand community infra-structures.

Road leading toMangan was openedfrom 20th Septem-ber

Theng 27

Minor Cracks inhouses and primaryschool was collapsed.NH Roads continuedto be disconnected.

Short cut road toADIT III becamefunctional from 27thSept. Hence, Thengwas accessiblethrough tunnel

Pegong 49Most of the housesand other structureswere damaged.

Pegong became ac-cessible fromChungthang fewdays after the earth-quake

Chungthang 46

Most of the housesand other infrastruc-ture suffered severedamages. Many peo-ple were reporteddead. Chungthangwas accessiblethrough helicopteronly.

Road communica-tion (for small vehi-cles) was resumedby 12th Oct. How-ever, Chunghtangwas accessiblethrough tunnel(ADIT III)

Ship-gyer 79

Several houses, com-munity structures andland had minor tomajor cracks.

Shortcut road wasresumed from Sep-tember 28

Saffo &SalimPakyal

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Shipgyer to Saffo roadwas completely cutoff. Saffo and SalimPaykel were accessibleonly through helicop-ter.

Road communica-tion was resumedfrom October 12

Ramom 26

Main road was discon-nected. However,footpath (3 hrs.) fromManul was accessible.

Road communica-tion was resumedfrom October 12

* Excluding temporary habitants

BBF team en route to relief works on the next day of the earthquake

BBF commenced the rescue and relief operations with available

resources. However, NABARD Regional Office, Gangtok arranged

for Rs.86,000/- from State Bank of India, Kolkata. The relief efforts

were focused on critical needs and it was extended only to areas

that were accessible by either foot or vehicle.

Significant Efforts by BBFOur significant efforts in response to the earthquake include the

following:

• Our medical team walked three hours and reached Ramom on

the next day of the earthquake. It provided First Aid to the vil-

lagers who were injured during the earthquake and to the work-

ers who came down from ADIT IV. Our medical team went to

new locations every day and provided support to the villagers

and workers coming down from project sites and far flung vil-

lages. This support continued till 30th September, until the last

worker was out from the project site

• Rations like rice, pulses, oil, vegetables, milk, tea leaves, paper

plates and cups, and First Aid were regularly arranged as

needed at the relief camp at Naga. Our staff provided very effec-

tive and efficient service to the tired, hungry, shocked and in-

jured people coming from project sites from 19th September to

1st October

• Two consignments of rice, pulses, oil, candle, matchboxes,

sweets, medicine, etc. were supplied to Saffo through helicopter

• Community and Panchayats of Shipgyer were mobilized to

participate in relief activity and carry relief materials to the vil-

lage. Household goods like rice, pulses, oil, soap, candle, match-

boxes, sweets for children, bags, salt, etc. were supplied in two

consignments. Supply was enough for 60 households for more

than 20 days

• As requested by the community and SHG, household goods

like oil, pulses, candle, matchboxes, tea leaves, vegetables, soap,

sweets for the children and salt were supplied in Theng

• Similarly household goods for Pegong were also supplied

twice through roads and tunnel

• Vehicles were hired on regular basis from day one to 29th Sep-

tember for transporting the injured and general public traveling

to Mangan from project sites and other villages such as Naga

and Tung

• Arranged ration for Ramom and supplied lighting equipment

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(Anti-clock wise from left, top) Relief camp at Naga. BBF medical team helping the victims with First Aid. The locales use the facilities at BBF office tore-charge their mobile phones.

to the villagers of Ramom

• Provided mobile charging facilities at Singhik when there was

no electricity supply for several days

• Facilitated other NGOs like Ecoss, WWF and TMI to carry out

their supply of relief goods to Shipgyer

• Supplied 50 poultry birds to Ramom and Singhik village and

arranged training of affected village representatives at ICAR,

Gangtok and facili-

tated additional

supply of 480 poul-

try birds to the af-

fected villagers to

help them return to

normalcy.

BBF team, carrying

first aid facilities,

visited all the earthquake-affected project villages and tried to

ease their grief at the hour of their need.

Future WorksAt present, government has enough resources for relief and mit-

igation measures to address the immediate requirements of

people affected by the earthquake. Therefore, in the given situa-

tion, BBF aims to take up disaster adaptation strategies by intro-

ducing long term projects through sustainable and participatory

approaches. Preparation of project proposals is in progress.

However, we have yet to identify the donor for our proposals.

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BBF staff distribute water purifiers in the project villages

Annexure

Details of Mobile OPD for the period from April to September 2011

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Annexure - 1

Sl. Location Date of MOPD

Total No. of patients handled

Age Group (0-5 Yrs)

Age Group (6-18 Yrs)

Age Group (above 18 yrs.)

M F (M+F) M F M F M F

1 Safoo/Salem Pakyel 6-Apr-11 7 8 15

2 Kazor 26-Apr-11 61 56 117

3 Kazor 27-Apr-11 8 6 14

4 Pegong 3-May-11 8 10 18 2 1 4 7 2 2

5 Ramom 10-May-11 6 9 15 0 2 3 7 3 0

6 Kazor 11-May-11 11 4 15 4 1 2 2 5 1

7 Safoo/Salem Pakyel 17-May-11 9 11 20 2 2 4 8 3 1

8 Pegong 24-May-11 9 13 22 3 3 5 5 1 5

9 Kazor 30-May-11 13 17 30 5 4 3 2 5 11

10 Shipgyer 31-May-11 7 8 15 1 0 4 2 2 6

11 Kazor 2-Jun-11 8 7 15 2 3 2 1 4 3

12 Pegong 7-Jun-11 15 20 35 3 4 9 14 3 2

13 Saffo 8-Jun-11 15 17 32 2 3 7 10 6 4

14 Shipgyer 21-Jun-11 7 15 22 0 1 3 4 4 10

15 Kazor 22-Jun-11 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 2

16 Saffo/Salem Pakyel 5-Jul-11 3 12 15 1 4 1 1 1 7

17 SHIPGYER 12-Jul-11 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0

18 RAMOM 14-Jul-11 3 8 11 1 3 0 0 3 5

19 KAZOR 21-Jul-11 7 7 14 1 2 2 1 4 4

20 PEGONG 26-Jul-11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

21 PEGONG 4-Aug-11 25 12 37 4 2 6 2 1 15

22 SAFFO/SALIM PAKYEL 8-Aug-11 12 4 16 2 2 3 1 7 1

23 SHIPGYER 19-Aug-11 0

24 RAMOM 23-Aug-11 0

25 KAZOR 30-Aug-11 0

26 RAMOM 13-Sep-11 9 6 15 1 1 2 3 6 2

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Type of Common Ailments

Annexure - 1

Sl. Location Date ofMOPD

Types of Common Ailments

Respira-tory in-fections

Skin in-fections

Gastri-tis

Com-moncough &cold

Viral in-fections

Ear NoseThroat in-fections

Hyper-tension

Dia-betes Others TOTAL

1 Safoo/SalemPakyel 6-Apr-11 0

2 Kazor 26-Apr-11 0

3 Kazor 27-Apr-11 0

4 Pegong 3-May-11 1 5 4 6 0 0 1 0 1 18

5 Ramom 10-May-11 o o 2 8 1 2 2 15

6 Kazor 11-May-11 0 2 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 15

7 Safoo/SalemPakyel 17-May-11 0 2 6 8 2 1 1 0 0 20

8 Pegong 24-May-11 0 0 5 13 2 0 2 0 0 22

9 Kazor 30-May-11 0 3 6 13 3 2 1 0 2 30

10 Shipgyer 31-May-11 0 0 2 5 2 0 5 1 0 15

11 Kazor 2-Jun-11 0 1 3 5 1 0 3 0 2 15

12 Pegong 7-Jun-11 2 3 7 15 3 0 3 0 2 35

13 Saffo 8-Jun-11 0 0 3 15 3 2 5 0 4 32

14 Shipgyer 21-Jun-11 0 1 2 5 2 0 7 2 1 20

15 Kazor 22-Jun-11 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3

16 Saffo/SalemPakyel 5-Jul-11 4 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 3 15

17 SHIPGYER 12-Jul-11 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

18 RAMOM 14-Jul-11 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 11

19 KAZOR 21-Jul-11 3 2 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 14

20 PEGONG 26-Jul-11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

21 PEGONG 4-Aug-11 6 2 6 5 3 3 5 0 7 37

22 Safoo/SalemPakyel 8-Aug-11 0 2 0 6 3 2 1 0 2 16

26 RAMOM 13-Sep-11 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 8 15

Total 16 24 63 123 31 11 39 3 39 349

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Details of Clinic OPD for the Period from April to September 2011

Annexure - 2

Sl. Location Month(s)Total No. of patients handled No. of Company Patients No. of Local Residents

Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total

1 Singhik

Apr-11 348 236 584 100 13 113 248 223 471

May-11 393 211 604 76 17 93 317 194 511

Jun-11 393 211 604 76 17 93 317 194 511

Jul-11 500 280 780 166 26 192 334 254 588

Aug. 2011 420 260 680 126 20 146 294 240 534

Sep. 2011 355 227 582 115 9 124 240 218 458

Sub Total 2409 1425 3834 659 102 761 1750 1323 3073

2 Adit 2(Theng)

Apr-11 547 196 743 494 100 594 53 96 149

May-11 143 114 257 117 113 230 26 1 27

Sub Total 690 310 1000 611 213 824 79 97 176

3 Adit 3(Shipgyer)

Apr-11 522 107 629 500 12 512 22 95 117

May-11 176 138 314 126 128 254 50 10 60

June – Sep.2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sub Total 698 245 943 626 140 766 72 105 177

4 Adit 4(Ramom)

Apr-11 765 78 843 720 35 755 45 43 88

May-11 238 166 404 46 5 51 192 161 353

Sub Total 1003 244 1247 766 40 806 237 204 441

5 Adit 5(Saffo)

Apr-11 1078 44 1122 977 10 987 101 34 135

May-11 333 273 606 273 222 495 60 51 111

Sub Total 1411 317 1728 1250 232 1482 161 85 246

Grand Total 6211 2541 8752 3912 727 4639 2299 1814 4113

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Month wise progress

Annexure - 2

S. No. MonthTotal No. of patients handled No. of Company Patients No. of Local Residents

Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total

1 Apr-11 3260 661 3921 2791 170 2961 469 491 960

2 May-11 1283 902 2185 638 485 1123 645 417 1062

3 Jun-11 393 211 604 76 17 93 317 194 511

4 Jul-11 500 280 780 166 26 192 334 254 588

5 Aug. 2011 420 260 680 126 20 146 294 240 534

6 Sep. 2011 355 227 582 115 9 124 240 218 458

Total 6211 2541 8752 3912 727 4639 2299 1814 4113

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Details of Medical Camps for the period from April to September 2011

Annexure - 3

Sl. Date of camp Location PopulationTurn over

Details of the doctors

Age Group

0-5 Years 6-15 YEARS Above 15years

1 4/20/11 Naga 117 NA NA NA NA

2 6/28/11 Chunghtang 507 Dr. Suvash Rai 25 97 236

3 8/27/11 Shipgyer 84

Dr.Swapendu Basu-Oncologist, Dr.Sharon Foning-Gy-nocologist& Dr.Gyalmit Lepcha-General Physician.

16 18 50

4 8/28/11 Kazor 219

Dr.Swapendu Basu-Oncologist, Dr.Sharon Foning-Gy-nocologist& Dr.Gyalmit Lepcha-General Physician.

56 82 81

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Savings by SHGs for the period from April to September 2011

Annexure - 4

Sl. Name of SHG VillagesProposedmeeting Date(monthly)

Date of Formation Total Mem-bers

Savings fromApril to Septem-ber 2011

Total Savings(from inception toSeptember 2011)

1 Hill Queen Kazor 5 28-Sep-09 10 3,500 7,721

2 Lomail Tarzum Singhik 5 9-May-10 10 3,000 11,545

3 Konglu Theng 3 9-Jul-09 12 3,600 17,922

4 Shimper Pegong 6 2-May-10 12 3,600 30,670

5 Langrip Pegong 6 9-Dec-09 13 3,960 43,953

6 Kursong Rip Chungthang 3 3-Mar-11 10 6,000 7,000

7 Kongchenchu Shipgyer 4 29-Sep-09 10 1,200 5,200

8 Rummit Saffo 4 9-Mar-09 13 3,600 20,511

9 Miyal Quen Ramom 2 9-May-09 10 3,300 25,217

Total 31,760 169,739

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Details of Social/infrastructure Development for the period from April to September 2011

Annexure - 5

Sl. Project Village Infrastructure Dev. Work Progress till March 2011 Progress up to September 2011

1 Singhik Singhik Secondary School Hostel 9% 20%

2 Singhik Gumpa Kitchen 56% 90%

3 Singhik PHSC 0% 10%

4 Theng Renovation of LP School Building 0% 0%

5 Theng Construction of Mani Lakhang 0% 0%

6 Peygong Community Centre 20% 50%

7 Shipgyer Construction of Monastic SchoolHostel 60% 90%

8 Shipgyer Renovation of Community Centre(Gumpa) 0% *

9 Safoo / Salim Pakyl Construction of Retaining Wall(School Ground) 0% 100%

10 Safoo / Salim Pakyl Water Supply scheme. 1% 20%

* The earthquake of September 18 damaged Gumpa and the structure stands beyond the scopes of renovation. Therefore, Gumpa committee and Pan-chayats have decided to construct the retaining wall around the premises of Gumpa as well as maintain Choten in lieu of renovation of Gumpa withthe actual allotted amount. We have received request letter from Gumpa Committee for the same but DC's letter was not annexed. As such, Panchayatpresident of Shipgyer was suggested to submit DC's letter for diversion of fund. Following receipt of DC’s letter, an estimate will be prepared for thenew work.

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